JPH066981Y2 - Vehicle roof hood device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Industrial field of application) The present invention relates to a vehicle roof hood device used for a hood type sunroof in which a roof opening of a vehicle is opened and closed by a hood or a roof hood of an open car.

(Prior Art) Generally, a hood device for a vehicle is provided with a flexible hood that is provided above a plurality of aggregates that are arranged in parallel in the front-rear direction and extends in the left-right direction and that is stretchably foldable by the aggregates. Has been.

In the above configuration, when the vehicle is running, the hood vibrates up and down in a wavy shape due to the wind pressure from the front side to generate noise. Therefore, conventionally, in order to provide tension to the hood and enhance the rigidity of the hood, a strip-shaped flexible backing member that is located above the aggregate and extends in the left-right direction along the aggregate is provided on the lower surface of the hood. It is provided.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) In the above-mentioned prior art, when the hood is stretched, the lining member is pressed by the aggregate to form upward protruding ridges on the surface of the hood in the left-right direction. It Therefore, when driving the vehicle,
It becomes a resistance to running, and the flow of air from the front collides with the ridge, and the collided air becomes a swirl turbulence behind the ridge, and that turbulence can become a new cause of wavy vibration of the hood. .

(Means for Solving Problems) The present invention has been devised in view of the above problems, and a lining member is provided to reduce wavy vibration of the hood due to wind pressure when the vehicle is running, and the ridges are provided. Is formed in the front-rear direction, the backing member does not provide resistance to traveling, and an object is to provide a vehicle roof hood device that rectifies the flow of air from the front, and achieves that object. The technical means taken for this purpose is a vehicle roof hood device including a flexible hood 12 that is foldably stretched by a plurality of front and rear aggregates 21 extending in the left-right direction. A plurality of flexible backing members 38 are provided at intervals in the left-right direction so that the back surface has a convex shape protruding upward and long in the front-rear direction on the surface of the hood 12.

(Function) The flexible backing member 38 provided on the back surface of the hood 12 gives tension to the hood 12 to reduce the wavy vibration of the hood 12 due to wind pressure during traveling, and the backing member 38 serves as the hood 12. Plural ridges protruding upward and long in the front-back direction are formed on the surface of the
It does not cause resistance during traveling, and furthermore, it rectifies the flow of air from the front and suppresses the wavy vibration of the hood 12.

Embodiment An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

1 to 5 show a first embodiment of the present invention, in which 1 is a ceiling roof of a passenger car, in which a rectangular external opening 2 is formed. A receiving portion 3 is integrally formed with the roof 1 along the entire circumference of the opening of the outer opening 2. The receiving portion 3 has a rectangular inner opening 4 that is lower than the outer opening 2 and substantially corresponds to the outer opening 2. Further, a trough portion 5 is recessed over the entire circumference on the base side of the receiving portion 3, and a fitting body 6 made of rubber or the like is fitted on the entire peripheral edge of the internal opening 4. 7 is an interior material.

Reference numeral 8 denotes a pair of left and right supporting bases, which are arranged in the front-rear direction and are provided in the receiving portion
The mounting material 9 is fixed on the upper side by bolts and is connected to the outer side portion in the left-right direction. The mounting material 9 is mounted on the left and right opening edges of the external opening 2. 11 are provided.

Reference numeral 10 denotes a pair of left and right guide rails, which are arranged on the upper surface of the support base 8 in the front-rear direction.

Reference numeral 12 denotes a flexible hood that covers the upper portion of the external opening 2 and is formed of cloth or the like. The front end portion is attached to the front cover 13 and the rear end portion is attached to the rear cover 14.

A mounting base 15 is fixedly provided on the lower surface of the front cover 13, and guide shoes 17 are provided on both left and right sides of the mounting base 15 via support arms 16. The shoe 17 is mounted on the guide rail 10 so as to be slidable in the front-rear direction.

The rear cover 14 is attached to the rear end portion of the receiving portion 3 via a mounting member 18.

19 is a flexible backing cloth, which covers the inner opening 4 above,
The front end is attached to the front cover 13 and the rear end is attached to the mounting member 18, respectively. A bag-shaped roof 20 is formed by the hood 12, the front and rear covers 13 and 14, the back cloth 19, and the like. Then, in order to assist the tensioning and folding of the bag-shaped roof 20, a plurality of aggregates 21 (five in the illustrated example) extending in the left-right direction are provided between the hood 12 and the back cloth 19 at substantially equal intervals in the front-rear direction. There is.

In this aggregate 21, two horizontal aggregates 22 and three floating aggregates 23 are alternately juxtaposed and each is formed of a pipe material. Each of the aggregates 21 is inserted into a bag body 42 formed by sewing both ends of the cloth to the upper surface of the back cloth 19. Further, both end portions of each aggregate 21 are flattened to form a locking portion 25, and a hinge 27 configured by pivotally attaching a fixing portion 25 and a swinging portion 26 to each locking portion 24. Is installed. And a swinging part that can swing up and down about the longitudinal axis.
26 is an insertion hole 28a in a bag portion 28 formed at both end portions of the hood 12.
It is inserted and locked through and is connected.

A support shoe 29 and a U-shaped locking piece 30 are fastened together to the lower surface of each fixing portion 25 of the horizontal aggregate 22, and a guide shoe fixed to the support arm 29.
Reference numeral 31 is mounted in the guide rail 10 so as to be slidable in the front-rear direction.

In addition, a U-shaped locking piece 32 is also provided on the lower surface of each fixing portion 25 of the floating aggregate 23.
Is fixedly mounted, and the locking pieces 30 and 32 are inserted and locked into bag portions 33 formed at both end portions of the back cloth 19.

Reference numeral 34 denotes a pair of left and right connecting members, which are provided on the mounting base 15 and the horizontal aggregates 22 so as to project rearward, and the rear ends thereof are connected to the floating aggregates 23. The connecting member 34 is formed of a leaf spring and elastically urges the floating aggregates 23 upward.

Reference numeral 35 denotes a pair of left and right tension members indicated by belts, which are stretched between the left and right end portions of the mounting base 15 and the mounting member 18, respectively, and are passed above the swinging portion 26 in each bag portion 28 of the hood 12. Has been done. Then, when the external opening 2 is closed, the tension member 35 is tensioned, and the swinging portion 26 is pressed downward so that the left and right sides of the hood 12 are sealed with the sealing material 11.
It is pressed against the mounting material 9 via.

Reference numeral 36 denotes a drive mechanism for the front cover 13, which is of a manual type using a handle or an electric type using a motor, and is provided in the front part of the receiving section 3. A flexible cable 37 interlocking with the drive mechanism 36 is provided along the support base 8 and fixed to the guide shoe 17 of the front cover 13. Therefore, by driving the drive mechanism 36 and moving the front cover 13 in the front-rear direction via the cable 37, the hood 12 is folded and extended through the vertical swing of the floating aggregate 23, and the hood 12 is extended. 2 is opened and closed. And
When the external opening 2 is opened, the hood 12 is folded in a state shown by an imaginary line in FIG.

38 is a backing member, which is made of a soft and flexible material such as soft urethane foam or soft rubber,
It is formed in a strip shape. The lining member 38 is the frontmost aggregate 21.
It is longly arranged in the front-rear direction from the front to the rear of the rearmost aggregate 21 and is attached to the back surface of the hood 12. Further, a plurality of backing members 38 are provided in the left-right direction at substantially equal intervals. Further, a flexible non-woven fabric 39 is laminated and adhered on the substantially entire back surface of the hood 12 with a backing member 38 interposed therebetween. Then, the hood 12 and the non-woven fabric 39 are adhered to each other on the peripheral edge of the backing member 38 at a substantially central position in the thickness direction of the backing member 38. As a result, the hood 12 is formed with a convex strip protruding upward and long in the front-rear direction on the surface thereof.

In the above structure, since the backing member 38 is attached to the back surface of the hood 12, the hood 12 is tensioned and the rigidity of the hood 12 is increased, and the wavy vibration of the hood 12 due to wind pressure during traveling is reduced. Further, since the non-woven fabric 39 is adhered to the back surface of the hood 12 with the backing member 38 interposed therebetween, the backing member 38 does not easily come off.

The backing member 38 may be formed by projecting the strip-shaped portion upward on the upper surface of the sheet-shaped base material, in which case the back surface of the hood 12 is formed on the upper surface of the backing member 38 along the upper surface shape. A ridge is formed by bonding.

FIGS. 6 and 7 show a second embodiment of the present invention, which differs from the first embodiment in that an auxiliary backing member 40 is provided on the back surface of the hood 12 to provide lateral tension. is there. The auxiliary backing member 40 is made of the same material as the backing member 38 and is formed into a strip plate shape.
It is arranged along each horizontal aggregate 22 from the left end portion to the right end portion and is attached to the back surface of the hood 12. And the backing member
The portion of the 38 that interferes with the auxiliary backing member 40 has been cut and removed. The auxiliary backing member 40 is thinner than the backing member 38 so that it can be easily bent, and is below the upper surface of the backing member 38 so as not to project upward from the surface of the hood 12.

8 and 9 show a modified example of the second embodiment, in which a recess 41 is formed in the backing member 38 where it interferes with the auxiliary backing member 40, and the auxiliary backing member 40 is formed at the bottom of the recess 41. Is attached. Others are substantially the same as those in the second embodiment. The auxiliary backing member 40 may be superposed so as to bypass the lower surface of the backing member 40 without forming the recess 41.

In the above embodiment, three or more auxiliary backing members 40 may be arranged side by side in the front and rear.

(Effect of the Invention) According to the present invention, by providing the flexible backing member 38 on the back surface of the hood 12, the hood 12 can be tensioned and the wavy vibration of the hood 12 due to wind pressure during traveling can be reduced. At the same time, since the backing member 38 forms a plurality of upwardly projecting long projections in the front-rear direction on the surface of the hood 12, the backing member 38 does not become a resistance to running, and from the front side. The flow of air can be rectified, and the undulation vibration of the hood 12 can also be suppressed by this rectification. Further, unlike the conventional case, the wavy vibration of the hood due to the turbulent flow generated by the backing member does not occur.

[Brief description of drawings]

1 to 5 show a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a main part, FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a hood. FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of the apparatus, FIG. 4 is an operation explanatory view, FIG. 5 is a partial perspective view of the hood apparatus, FIGS. 6 and 7 show a second embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. Side sectional view,
7 is a sectional view taken along the line BB of FIG. 6, FIG. 8 and FIG.
FIG. 8 shows a modification of the second embodiment, FIG. 8 is a side sectional view of a main part, and FIG. 9 is a sectional view taken along the line CC of FIG. 1 ... Ceiling roof, 12 ... Hood, 19 ... Lining cloth, 21 ... Aggregate,
22 …… Horizontal aggregate, 23 …… Floating aggregate, 38 …… Backing member, 39
...... Non-woven fabric, 40 …… Auxiliary backing member, 41 …… Recess.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. An aggregate extending in the left-right direction, wherein a plurality of front-rear aggregates are provided side by side.
In a hood device for a vehicle roof provided with a flexible hood 12 that is foldably stretched by 21, a back surface of the hood 12 is formed with a convex shape projecting upward on the surface of the hood 12 and long in the front-rear direction. As described above, a plurality of flexible backing members 38 are provided at intervals in the left-right direction to provide a roof device for a vehicle roof.